Remember the Bush cuts for the wealthy and how the whole first Obama term we all argued over them. Those cuts consisted of one page of a law Dick Cheney was the deciding vote. A single page caused that much pain and massive income inequality.
How about the billions of debt by the Post Office? That become a cry to "privatize the Post Office". Newt argued that FEDEX could do the job.
The debt was caused because the Republican Senate voted that the Post Office pensions had to be held in escrow for 75 years and could not be considered resources. With one measure,they plunged the Post Office in billions in debt.
Remember how Democrats should not pass the ACA through reconciliation? But now the Republicans pretend that it is alright to repeal Obamacare with nothing through reconciliation.
Now you will have noticed that the Republicans don't write lengthy legislation. Their first Repeal Obamacare draft was gibberish. They share it with me. A Lawyer would be puzzled by what they actually repealed. It made no sense.
Their is no replacement for Obamacare because they literally can't write one.
We are going to go another phase like the W years. Democrats must force these decisions to be as open as possible. They must demand hearings. No budget by reconciliation unless every item is discussed on C-Span.
The reason is simple--You saw it today as four Republicans got cold feet on repealing Obamacare without a replacement. That's only because the issue had the attention of the media.
The minute attention goes away, they will repeal.
Friday, January 6, 2017
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